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  February 6
1802: English physicist
Sir Charles
Wheatstone, who invented the resistive bridge circuit that eventually bore his
name, was born. 1804: Joseph Priestley, discoverer elemental oxygen, ammonia, hydrochloric
acid gas, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and oxides of nitrogen, died. 1886: German
chemist Clemens
Winkler discovered the element germanium (named for Germania). 1895: Baseball's
legendary home run hitter Babe Ruth was born in Baltimore, MD. 1959: The U.S. successfully test-fired
for the first time a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile from Cape Canaveral.
1971: Astronaut
Alan Shepard used a six-iron that he had brought inside his spacecraft
and swung at three golf balls on the surface of the moon. 1998: Washington's National
Airport's name was changed to
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
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Note: These
historical tidbits have been collected from various sources, mostly on the Internet.
As detailed in
this article, there
is a lot of wrong information that is repeated hundreds of times because most websites
do not validate with authoritative sources. On RF Cafe, events with
hyperlinks have been verified. Many years ago,
I began commemorating the birthdays of notable people and events with
special RF Cafe logos.
Where available, I like to use images from postage stamps from the country where
the person or event occurred. Images used in the logos are often from open source
websites like Wikipedia, and are specifically credited with a hyperlink back to
the source where possible.
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